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Every time I see a lovely older lady with gray or white hair I think of Proverbs 16:31 which says a gray (or hoary) head is a crown of glory. As I look in the mirror that Bible verse helps me through the day.
I camped out at the Minneapolis Conservatory (a wonderful glass building full of tropical plants and toasty temperatures) one day in the middle of winter in a hall way with windows all down one side. The sunlight was perfect shining through on all the people walking the hallway. I wish more photos would have turned out, even this one was flawed, as I snapped the photo a child popped into the left corner obscuring the young woman's feet. Artistic license allows for making things up if you want or need to and I needed to paint this lovely white haired lady. She reminds me so much of my Mom in the last years before she passed.
Due to the limitations and inconsistencies of various display monitors, the colors you see on your screen may not be a totally accurate reproduction of the actual painting but I work to get the best likeness possible.
(C) Deborah A. Kirkeeide
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A view from under the Christmas tree! Wishing everyone a Merry Little Christmas and a great new year.
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The apple turned out looking so luscious to me I can understand better how Eve was tempted. I think it must be because the apple is surrounded by all that white then reflected back again in the pot. This photo doesn't do the apple color justice, it is a much richer red in the original painting.
Since December is going to be so hectic this will be my last new painting until next year. I will continue to post some older paintings completed before I set up my blog and Daily Paintworks site and many of them will be very Christmasy so stay tuned.
Oil on gessobord, 8x10 inches, not for sale
This represents a world I know little about but find intriguing. Is life really a game to some? I'm happiest in my world creating and painting but there is a whole world out there I know nothing about and that intrigues me.
I've discovered that bright colors don't photo very well, the photograph doesn't show the subtle brush work on the red tablet. I also noticed that on the bright orange colors when painting my pumpkin series. Now is a good time to note that various technologies used to reproduce art work are not always accurate, there are limitations and inconsistencies of various display monitors also and the colors you see on your screen may not be totally accurate. That being said I try to get as accurate a representation as possible.
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Olives are great fun to paint, I don't know why I haven't used them more often. There is something about the composition with the olives and polka dotted cup in the background that works. This is an older piece that I painted before setting up my blog and DPW so I'm posting it now. When first starting to paint small I painted on canvas panels and looking back I'm enjoying the texture. Suddenly I'm fired up to try more canvas panels!
Art work makes great Christmas gifts!
Oil on gessobord, 6x6 inches, Sold
I saw this wonderfully restored old truck in Door County Wisconsin last fall. Even though it was an overcast day the photo turned out pretty good. This was the first old vehicle I tried painting and the results have made me eager to try more. My favorite part of the painting is the wind shield with the reflection on it.
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The pepper fit perfect in the little bowl so I had to paint it. Seriously, this was me having fun painting glass and I loved the stem on this pepper (but the pepper did fit perfectly in the bowl).
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I was inspired to paint radishes by a gal in the painting workshop I went to last fall. I believe there is beauty in the ordinary things that surround us everyday, even radishes. Radishes can grow right along with roses and both have their own beauty, like people. I got a little deep there but it's an interesting comparison.
